Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - 04:42 pm, by: Ben Socratous
Damn, my poor baby looks like it's been dipped in bitumen compared to those two pics, my bad?!? Seeing as there isn't much left in my engine bay at the moment, I think I shall steam clean it. My mates mum has a steam cleaner, she's had it for nearly 3 years and never taken it outta the box, so the trick will be conning her into letting me break it in...
Wednesday, July 27, 2005 - 10:44 am, by: Mike Triggs
Alloy cleaner is only good for a short while. The alloy "corrodes" and gets a layer of aluminium oxide on it (which, unlike rust, is protective) so in a short time, exposure to oxygen replaces the oxide layer. The fix is to spray the cleaned alloy parts with clear (heat-proof, presumably) lacquer.
Both our pearl Soarers had a lot of pollution on them which came off everywhere except under the bonnet. It seems to get baked on there, and in the case of the '95 model, mechanics in Japan had sprayed some clear stuff around to keep the engine shiny, which also sealed the black stuff in. I never managed to get it off with anything available here. It's still there.
Saturday, August 06, 2005 - 03:08 pm, by: Gary Morriss
Morgan - all i do is spray a small amount on ,then rub with cloth,you could use an old toothbrush if you wanted. it wont get them shiny but they come up nice and clean.
so far Ive used 240 grit sandpaper.... still need to work on the turbo outlet pipes and that pipe from the radiator hose, and the side of the plenum. Then to use 400 wet, 800 wet and 1200 wet sandpaper.
Ill also be taking the coil pack cover off, stripping the paint and sanding that back aswell.
Are there any tools I could use while the pipes are still in the car? Would a dremel be good? My hands feel like theyre on fire and my shoulder is killing me
Don Bagnall Moderator New Zealand 1991 UZZ30 GT4.0 V8
Tuesday, January 10, 2006 - 09:48 pm, by: Brian Laws(Asian_warrior01)
i use heavy duty degresser and a high pressure water blaster (i have the engine running) make sure i have somewhere or nowhere to go for a hour drive this will dry out any water in the engine bay i then go over it with the a cloth to rub out any water marks
Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 01:13 pm, by: Chris Davey(Chris_davey)
Looks good Ryan.
If you are sanding now, you should get a drill piece that is circular and has about 15 small bits of sand paper on it. I used one to sand back my inlet plenum and then I fitted the polishing wheel to the drill and polished inlet plenum as well.
Mine looks like this now. (but it was pretty hard to get to little places) Much easier to pull it off but will do that next time I have to pull the engine out. You can see the difference between the plenum and the TRC throttle body that I haven't polished
Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 01:30 pm, by: Chris Davey(Chris_davey)
yeah, just used some pretty hard stuff (can't remember what it is now) you can get the drill bits in different grades though. I just made it pretty smooth and then used the polisher. A lot easier than doing it by hand!